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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

yarn bits

Do you remember I said that this year I wanted to save up all my yarn ends in a pretty little container? Well, I'm not sure it was those words exactly but I implied it. I think. Anyway, I started on the first of January and these are the bits I've snipped off so far.

I haven't gotten a pretty container to put it all into just yet, it's hard to find something I won't get sick of. So, for now, I've got it in a ziplock container. All year long I will be filling my container with the bits of yarn I snip off from projects. And I'll share what I've got every so often, maybe once a month?

Why am I doing this? Because it's pretty to look at. And next spring, I'll give them all up to the birds to pretty up their nests.

19 comments:

I do the same thing. I separate them by the various types of yarn because we use the wool ones for felting, but I have several vintage glass jars on my yarn shelf filled with colorful bits of yarn. My friend told me that they are called "orts". I love that.

My mom does this with her cross stitch thread, and I have always thought about it, because of how pretty the yarn bits look when they pile up on my table... My husband would probably flip lol, but that is such a good idea to give them to the birds in the spring!

May I suggest something? I saw this idea on another blog, only with thread snips. If you celebrate Christmas, get a clear plastic or glass bulb and put the snippets in there! Then you'll have an ornament that is a reminder of all the nice crochet work you have done.

Hello! What a lovely thought for the birds! I started to save them also when I made "Nero's blanket" but after a while I thought there is too many things I like to save just because...so I didn't continue...should I start again...I love your crafts!Sunny wishes from Crete! Teje

I've been doing this too...though I hadn't thought to put them in a pretty container, at the moment they are in a big plastic bag! A jar sounds like a much better idea, I've been using them to stuff little toys and things I've made.

Hi Casey. So happy to see you at Tangled Happy! You have so many beautiful things posted here. And I love this idea. Saw something like this at The Crafty Crow. Need to start a stash so we will be ready this spring. Fun!

Dont mean to damper yr very kind idea re birds having the wool scraps in their nests..We had an incident a few yrs back..My daughter put some acrylic yarn in birds feeders outside.. We discovered one little felow had acrylic caught around his /her little leg.. Looked like the bird couldnt get the yarn off the leg.. New England, Oz..

Hey!last year I collected my scraps, too and then threw them away, because I had no idea what to do with them. Now I started again and put them in a nice jar after I found this blog entry:http://byelizabethcat.blogspot.com/2011/02/scrap-hearts.htmlI think this is kinda inspiring and now I want to do something like this by myself (o;